King Lear
6.391
33 reviews
Comedy/Drama
1h 30m
1988
A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.
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A descendant of Shakespeare tries to restore his plays in a world rebuilding itself after the Chernobyl catastrophe obliterates most of human civilization.
- DirectorJean-Luc Godard
- Release22 January 1988
- Genre
- Duration1h 30m
- Budget$1,000,000
- Revenue$61,821
- Rate6.39133 reviews
- Productions
The Cannon Group, Golan-Globus Productions
Cast
Peter Sellars
William Shakespeare Junior the Fifth
Burgess Meredith
Don Learo
Julie Delpy
Virginia
Leos Carax
Edgar
Molly Ringwald
Cordelia
Jean-Luc Godard
Professor Pluggy
Woody Allen
Mr. Alien (uncredited)
Freddy Buache
Professor Quentin Kozintsev (uncredited)
Menahem Golan
Self (voice) (uncredited)
Suzanne Lanza
(uncredited)
Norman Mailer
Self (uncredited)
Michèle Pétin
Journalist (uncredited)
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